Re: Who uses libnet, and for what?

On Sun, Feb 15, 2004 at 11:11:29PM -0800, Mike Schiffman wrote:

> Hey guys, I want to compile a list of who uses libnet, and for what 
> projects... So let's start rattling off who's done what and doing what 
> with the ole' libnet...

I do!

I use libnet in guessnet.  The purpose of guessnet is to try some more
tricks to properly configure the network when DCHP isn't around.

libnet is used to create ARP probes to look for known machines in the
local network.  I intend to use libnet1 (when it will work on
unconfigured interfaces) to also send DHCP probes.

I've also started an experimental tool, part of guessnet, that tries to
infer a suitable network configuration by looking at sniffed packets.
That tool uses libnet to send out ARP packets to see which addresses are
local and which are not.  I'll shortly be looking for people submitting
ideas (and possibly working code) to it.

I only use packet construction and link-layer injection.  I then use
libpcap to pickup network traffic.

I have threads that build a probe once, and then send it out at regular
intervals.  It's very handy for me to build a packet, save it on a
buffer and toss that buffer into the network as many times as needed.

I'm having problems doing it with libnet1, as I can't find out a proper,
documented way to deallocate the result of libnet_adv_cull_packet.

I really love being able to use libnet, so that I don't have to worry
too much about system-specific issues of packet-injection, nor about the
error-prone bit-mangling of packet creation.  I was really looking
forward to have DHCP packet construction around, and I've been happy
when I saw it in libnet1.

I'm not pestering you to release a fixed libnet1 only because I have
submission deadline for my graduation thesis on march, 10.  After march,
25, expect more news from me :-)


Ciao,

Enrico

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